UPDATED: Canadian viewers embrace Toronto 2015 Pan Am coverage on CBC, TLN

TORONTO – Close to 5.5 million Canadians tuned in to CBC’s coverage of the Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games’ opening ceremony on July 10, which was highlighted by a performance by Canada’s own Cirque du Soleil.A combined average audience of 1.93 million viewers (2+) watched Friday’s opening ceremony on CBC-TV and CBC News Network. The audience peaked at 2.338 million viewers at 9:07 PM ET on CBC-TV as Team Canada made its way into the stadium during the parade of nations.Overall, more than 10.6 million Canadians – or 30% of the population – have watched at least some part of CBC/Radio-Canada’s Pan Am...